Saint-Gobain Corporation Williamsport , MD 21795
Posted 5 days ago
Position Description
Job Summary
Assist the Hagerstown & Line of Business Controller to ensure the financial statement integrity and internal controls of the Hagerstown plant, Holly Springs plant, and Richford warehouse locations. Responsible for plant accounting activity such as supporting WCM Plant Team. Partner with the plant management to provide timely and accurate data to support business decisions such as sourcing, pricing, and long-range planning.
Manage the timely completion of the month-end financial close assignments
Demonstrate awareness of all elements of the plant's financial statements
Assist in preparing post-closing plant financial analysis, performance reports and meaningful commentary
Partner with the Line of Business & Plant Controller to prepare and coordinate the annual budget at the plant level.
Partner with the Line of Business & Plant Controller to prepare, maintain and analyze product standard costs
Support the analytical needs of the Line of Business & Plant Controller and other financial management
Partner with plant management to increase plant efficiency and profitability
Prepare analysis to understand the financial ramifications of current and proposed business actions
Identify issues and proactively initiate analyses / solutions to plant issues
Ensure compliance with CT and SGC policies and procedures
Oversee and reconcile inventory cycle counts and annual physical inventory
Assist in preparation of capital appropriations requests
Track cost reduction projects and maintain required reporting
Support six sigma by auditing results, training black belts, and suggesting new projects
Ad hoc analysis
Required Qualifications
Bachelor degree in Accounting or Finance or relevant work experience
Minimum 3 years of progressive cost accounting and analysis experience with a major manufacturing organization. A strong emphasis should be put on knowledge of management accounting, cost and inventory accounting, and GAAP
Strong analytical skills are required to quickly grasp issues impacting the plant's financial results
Strong IT aptitude to deliver effective desktop reporting (paperless web-enabled environment), utilize business warehouse tools and MS Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentations
Excellent communication and presentation skills are required
Capable of leading a process team and able to define clear vision, goals, and service standards
Ability to manage projects, work independently, and communicate effectively to all areas and levels of the location
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across plant and functional organizations.
Demonstrated client service orientation
Ability to travel up to 40%
Company Summary
At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.
Legal Statement
Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.
Saint-Gobain Corporation